Toepfer To Speak at Geosynthetics 2015

Glen Toepfer, CQA Solutions principal, will speak three times during Geosynthetics 2015. At the opening technical session, Excellence in Lining System Design 1, from 9:15 – 10:45 a.m. on Monday, February 16, Glen will present his paper Extrusion Welds—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. He will also present Covering Your Assets—Construction Quality Assurance, which he co-authored with Shabbir Pittalwala of Arizona Public Services. Immediately following that session, Glen will chair a panel discussion, The Possibility of Zero Leaks, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Stop by and say hello to Glen; he’d love to chat with you!

EXTRUSION WELDS—THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

Like the geosynthetics industry, huge advancements have been realized in the extrusion fillet process since it’s inception. However, the extrusion fillet process remains acknowledged among industry professionals as an inferior weld when compared to the thermal fusion method.

COVERING YOUR ASSETS—CONSTRUCTION QUALITY ASSURANCE

Containment projects are important corporate assets that ensure the company’s ability to generate cash flow. As such, asset procurement and management are vital to ensuring and improving the asset’s Return-on- Investment (ROI).

THE POSSIBILITY OF ZERO LEAKS

Session Chair: Glen Toepfer, CQA Solutions, Ltd. We have all heard that zero leak liner systems are not possible in the real world and we should target Acceptable Action Leakage Rates (ALR). Well, don’t tell this is to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station (PVNGS).